Churn



'NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALLIN GOOKRELL, OF LAMAR, MISSOURI.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,241, datedSeptember 29, 1885.

Application filed May 6, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALLIN OooKRELL, of Lamar, in the county of Bartonand State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Churn, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to that class of churns in which the dasherblades, mounted on revolving rods or shafts, are revolved in oppositedirections in the cream boX or tub.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts aswill be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is across-sectional elevation of my improved churn. Fig. 2 is aside view of the same. Fig. 3 is aplan viewof the same. Fig.

4 is a plan view of the outer dasher. Fig. 5 is a plan view ofpropeller-wheel.

The cylindrical cream vessel or tub A is provided with two oppositelights or gagepanes, A, and a cover, B. On the top of the latter anupright frame,G,is secured, in which, and a socket, O, on the uppersurface of the vessel A,-ashaft, D, is journaled, on the upper end ofwhich a pinion, E, is mounted which engages with a cog -wheel, F,mounted on a laterally-projecting shaft of the frame 0, and having ahandle, F, for turning it.

A tubular shaft, G, surrounding the shaft D, projects down through aneck in the cover B, and on its upper end is mounted a pinion, H,engaging with the cog-wheel F diametrically opposite the point at whichthe pinion E engages said cog-wheel. A series of paddles or blades, J,project radially from hubs J, held rigidly on the shaft D, and betweenthe hubs J hubs K are loosely mounted on the shaft D, and are providedwith radially-projecting wings or blades K, the outer ends of which areunited by vertical bars L, having their upper ends bent rectangularlyand secured to the lower end of the tubular shaft G.

The outer ends of the blades or wings K are Model.)

A cup, N, having a perforated bottom, N, is suspended by chains Ofromthe cup M. A conical perforated tube, P, connects the cups M and N.

Below the cup N a concave cup, T, having its concave side facing upward,is held on the bars L, and'directly below the same a propeller-wheel, Q,is held on the tubular shaft G, or the same may be independent.

The action of the propeller-blade forces the cream upward and agitatesit. It also forces the butter upward into the cup N, as hereinafterdescribed.

The cover B is held in place by hooks R, and the cover has a slide, S,which canbe removed to examine the progress of the churning. The bladesJ and K are inclined in opposite directions, one set forcing the creamupward and the other downward.

By revolving the cog-wheel F the blades or wings are revolved inopposite directions, and thereby the cream is agitated very thoroughly.

The wheelQthrows the butter upward, and it is deflected by the cup orhood M into the cup N. The cream, buttermilk, 820., are drained off fromthe butter by the perforated bottom N and the perforated tube P.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the vessel A, of the shaft D, the tubular shaftG, surrounding it, the blades J on the shaft D, the blades K,

having their outer ends connected by bars L secured to the tubular shaftG, the rings L, uniting the ends of the blades K, and of gearing forrevolving the shafts D and G in opposite directions, substantially asherein shown and. described.

2. The combination, with the vessel A, of

shafts D and G, the blades J and K, connected with said shafts, the cupT, the propellerwheel Q, and gearing for revolving the shafts D and G inopposite directions, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, in a churn, with the dasher and its shaft, ofastationary vessel suspended within the churn above the blades, aconcave deflector above the said vessel and connected therewith, and thepropeller Q on the dasher-shaft between its blades and the vessel,substantially as set forth.

4:. The combination, with the vessel A, of 6. The combination, with thevessel A, of blades revolved by shafts, a cup above the the shafts D andG, the hubs J on the shaft I 5 blades for the purpose of catching thebutter, D, the blades J on the hubs J, the hubs K a deflector above thecup, and a perforated between the hubs J, the blades K on the hubs 5tapered tube uniting the cup and the deflector, K, and end barsconnecting the blades K with substantially as herein shown anddescribed. each other and with the tubular shaft, sub- 5. Thecombination, with the vessel A, of stantially as herein shown anddescribed. blades revolved by shafts in opposite directions, a cup abovetheblades, a deflector above ALLIN OOOKRELL.

IO the cup, a perforated tapered tube uniting the deflector and cup,andof chains for suspending Witnesses: the deflector from the cover of thevessel A, JOHN B. EMERY, substantially as herein shown and described. ITRUMAN S. POWELL.

